Highly Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist (SEND)
Highly Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist (SEND)
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Main area Occupational Therapy Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week Job ref 828-PROVIDE3512-A
Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Kestrel House/ HQ Town Chelmsford/ Colchester Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/06/2025 23:59
Job Overview
As part of the Provide multi-disciplinary team to provide a comprehensive paediatric occupational therapy service for children in education who present with developmental concerns.
To work with children and their families in their educational setting and any other appropriate setting as well as within the children’s centre.
To contribute to and participate in the organisation, planning and development of the occupational therapy service to this care group.
To participate in setting the standards of care and monitoring the quality of service and referral/waiting times.
To own a car and hold a full clean driving licence and appropriate insurance.
The SEND Paediatric Occupational Therapy team is a well established, friendly and dynamic team, committed to offering the best services possible to our families. Integrated working across education, social care and health is well developed and you will have the opportunity of working with children from school age including offering virtual appointments. The service offers excellent experience with training opportunities, regular supervision and appraisals.
Main duties of the job
To gain consent and undertake occupational therapy assessment, clinically diagnose, formulate and implement treatment plans using specialist knowledge and experience. With knowledge of a wide range of paediatric conditions and treatment modalities to interpret and analyse clinical facts using advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills to form accurate diagnoses in a wide range of conditions and recommend the best course of intervention.
Practitioners and staff at Band 7 have a critical awareness of knowledge issues in the field and at the interface between different fields.
They are innovative and have a responsibility for developing and changing practice/services in a complex and unpredictable environment.
They are experienced professionals who have developed their skills and theoretical knowledge to a very high standard.
They perform a highly complex role and have management responsibilities for a work area.
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Eligible for NHS Pension
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please read attached job description for details regarding duties, responsibilities and the competencies for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Occupational Therapy Degree/Diploma
* HPC Registration
* Relevant Post Graduation training
Experience
Essential criteria
* 2-3 years post grad experience with paediatrics
* Report writing experience
* MDT experience
* IT skills
* Neurological conditions experience
* Sensory integration qualification
Circumstance
Essential criteria
* Car Driver/Able to travel to different sites
Further Information
How will we contact you?
* All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
* As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
* If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net
* If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.
Checking progress on your application?
To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.
Closing Date
Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.
Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?
If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination
Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.
We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.
Anti Fraud
Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.
Disability
If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.
Work Trials
Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.
We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.
Successful Applicant
You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.
The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
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* Job function
Health Care Provider
* Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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